The Christian faith, to be sure, is
an event in the mysterybetween God
and man; the event of the freedom in which God acts towards this man, and the
freedom which God gives this man. (Barth, 1959, P. 123)

God Himself is not supra historical
but historical, and this God has in Himselfmade a decree, an eternal decree, upon
which everything rests of which the confession of faith speaks . Our fathers
called it the decree of creation and of the covenant and of redemption.(Ibid, P. 123)

Faith is obedience, not just
passive accommodation of oneself. Where there is obedience there is choice on
man's
part; faith is chosen instead of its opposite, unbelief, trust instead of
distrust, knowledge instead of ignorance. (Ibid, P. 125)

God Himself is He who did not wish
to remain hidden, who did not wish to be God for Himself alone. He is the God
who in His royal majesty emerges from the mystery, from the heights of His
divine existence and comes down to the humble estate of the universe created by
Him. (Ibid, P.125)